Author: Michael Wharley
Stills in Motion: illuminating singer-songwriter Fantastic Mr Marcel
Using brilliant colours & tight shafts of light across both stills & motion portraiture to tell the story of musician Fantastic Mr Marcel in 3 different ways.
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advertising | film | photography | portraiture
First Look: Sex Education’s Emma Mackey in Emily
Scaling Wuthering Heights to capture imagery of a stunning location & cast for Frances O' Connor's feature debut about young Emily Brontë.
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advertising | film | location | photography | portraiture
I, Spy: creating Kim Philby on camera with Graham Greene.
Author meets traitor shooting atmospheric portraits of The Crown's Stephen Boxer & Star Wars' Olivier Ford Davies as retired Cold War spies with a shared history.Â
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advertising | film | medium format | photography | portraiture | theatre | tv
Creative Fusions…
Exploring the spaces between artist & art in a playful personal project pitting creatives against their creations to seek the sparks of inspiration.
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photography | portraiture
New Year, New Me. A fresh brand. A brand spanking new website.
Taking a look at the process of rebranding the business & redesigning my website, working Aitch Creative and SugarZoo.
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branding | news | photography
Fly us to the Moon: a perilous space journey with the Apollo 13 crew.
Blasting off on a mission with ace creative retoucher Vahakn Vorperian to capture striking images for streaming show Apollo 13: Dark Side of the Moon.
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advertising | film | medium format | photography | portraiture | theatre | tv
‘These Four Walls’ AOP Exhibit
My Corona Lockdown project was featured by the AOP in its weekly exhibit alongside an interview about my background, route into photography and favourite work. Although I shot it as a response to the Lockdown, and while feeling pretty creatively frustrated not to mention gripped by fear and uncertainty in the midst of the pandemic, the response to my These […]
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advertising | medium format | photography
Portrait of Britain Winner: Alice Krige aka The Borg Queen
Celebrating a win in the BJP's prestigious Portrait of Britain award, the UK's largest photo exhibition, for a portrait of the brilliant actor Alice Krige.
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awards | photography | portraiture
The Doctor in the House
Forcing my teenage sci-fi fanboy self to breathe deeply, shooting none other than The Doctor for exciting immersive show Doctor Who: Time Fracture
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advertising | film | photography | theatre
On the BBC – The Photo That Made Me…
Eight Association of Photographers members talk career-making images some beautiful contrasting work, including my shot on The Weir’ campaign for English Touring Theatre. A lovely thing cropped up this week, when I was included in a feature published on the BBC News n Pictures’ section. As the intro says: The Association of Photographers asked its members to go […]
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photography | portraiture
Grave News: In a Green Shade with Lev Parikian
My 'In a Green Shade: The English & Nature' green portrait project opens by meeting nature writer Lev Parikian in West Norwood Cemetery.
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environmental | location | portraiture
How to build a Film Poster: Summerland campaign reopens UK Cinemas
A blended approach, a beautiful setting & a dose of luck: my images for writer-director Jessica Swale redemptive wartime romance help Lionsgate open up UK cinemas. I love environmental portraiture, getting out in nature and working with a big team, so socially-distanced lockdown has been a little tough, but throughout I was sustained by happy memories of the […]
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film | location | photography | portraiture
Behind the Scenes: building pont d’Amelie
A lovely advertising photography commission came in just after Christmas from favourite clients I A Marketing, and a group of producers including Hartshorn-Hook and Selladoor. The brief: shoot poster imagery for a major new stage adaptation of the hit film Amelie. Regular collaborator, the designer Rebecca Pitt, had produced a beautiful pre-casting ad image (above), which traded off some key motifs […]
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advertising | behind the scenes | news
Talking Advertising Photography for Theatre
Joining the Kings Head Theatre #KHT Online Lunchtime Session to discuss how teamwork makes a great promo campaign.
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advertising | portraiture | theatre
My, my, my my, Corona: a lockdown photo journal
With life reduced to four walls and a daily walk, turning my camera on life & home amid the Covid-19 lockdown. As the UK went into Corona lockdown in March 2020, and all shoots were cancelled, the borders of life shrank to just a few rooms and a daily walk. Starved of work, I decided […]
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